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Saturday, May 13, 2017

He's Already in Our Meat House . . .

Introductory note: A meat house is a small building in which hams and side meat were left to dry cure during the winter (back when we had consistent winters.) Our neighbors' looked a lot like an outhouse.

In the summer of '73, having just bought the upper portion of what is now our farm, we were camping out in a barn, getting to know our neighbors, exploring the land, and, in odd moments, listening to the Watergate hearings.

John spent a lot of time following our neighbor Clifford around and learning from him the thousand and one things that go into a small farm with pigs, chickens, beef cattle, milk cows, and one ancient mule.

One day, as the two were chatting, the subject of the hearings came up and John asked Clifford what he thought of Nixon.

Amazing how often the word Watergate comes up these days. Made it even dumber for #45 to tweet that Comey better hope he wasn't taped. Seriously? Did he think it wise to to the word "tape?" Then today at a commencement crowd he began by boasting about how large the crowd was that came to see HIM.

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Who Am I? What Am I Doing Here?

I'm the author of The Elizabeth Goodweather Full Circle Farm Appalachian Mysteries from Bantam Dell. The series includes SIGNS IN THE BLOOD (LA MONTAGNE DES SECRETS in France), ART'S BLOOD, (LE SECRET DES APPALACHES in France,) OLD WOUNDS,IN A DARK SEASON (Anthony Nominee, Best PBO), and UNDER THE SKIN. There's also THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS (a spinoff/standalone)chronicling the unexpected life story of Miss Birdie, one of Elizabeth's neighbors.
Currently I have just completed a historical novel, dealing with a massacre in my county during the Civil War.
I came to this weird business late (my first novel was published in 2005) and am still trying to figure it out.
As my novels are set in a place much like my real life home, I thought I'd use this blog to share pictures of our farm and county. I've been blogging for nearly nine years now, on an almost daily basis, and the topics have ranged from writing, chickens, food, books, quilts, flora and fauna of all sorts, to the occasional tiny rant. There's no plan, but there are lots of pictures.
There's more information about me and my books on my web site: http://vickilanemysteries.com/